Blog Posts

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Don't P Down My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Claims about improvement in Iowa stream phosphorus are exaggerated.
Spools of tile in an Iowa farm field in winter

Cry Me a Raccoon River

Monday, December 2, 2019
Iowa farmer response to climate change
Anhydrous ammonia tank

Iowa is Hemorrhaging Nitrogen

Thursday, November 7, 2019
Summary of 2019 Iowa nitrate data.
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Drain Brain

Monday, October 14, 2019
Discussion of "Nature Sustainability" journal article on expansion of farmed drainage in Iowa
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MMPs are CRAP

Thursday, October 3, 2019
Discussion of how manure management plans (MMPs) are not protective of water quality.
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Fishing in the Rain

Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Nitrogen budgets for Iowa watersheds and how they relate to legacy nitrate studied by Dr. Kim Van Meter of University of Illinois Chicago.
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It's Their Way or the Highway

Monday, September 16, 2019
Agriculture's resistance to a stream buffer law.
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Middle of Nowhere is Downstream from Somewhere

Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Condition of Lower Iowa River.
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Demand Clean Water Now

Monday, August 26, 2019
Guest editorial that first appeared in Iowa Ideas Magazine is reposted here. Essay discusses nitrate pollution, altered hydrology, and farm conservation in Iowa.
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Quasky

Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Essay about fishing with newspaper columnist Orlan Love and the Wapsipinicon and Maquoketa Rivers of eastern Iowa.